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Namibia
Namibia is bordered on the north by Angola and Zambia, on the east by Botswana, and on the east and south by South Africa. It is for the most part a portion of the high plateau of southern Africa, with a general elevation of from 3,000 to 4,000
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First Woman Millionaire
Madame C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove on this day, starts a Black hair-care business in Denver, CO; she alters curling irons that were popularized by the French to suit the texture of Black womens hair. She is arguably ther first woman millionaire in the U.S.
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Dec
23
1867
Zena Garrison becomes the 1st African American player to win the junior singles
Zena Garrison becomes the 1st African American player to win the junior singles tennis championship at Wimbledon, England
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Nov
4
1981
Nina Simone, singer, dies in Paris, France at the age of 70.
Nina Simone, singer, dies in Paris, France at the age of 70.
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Apr
21
2003
Death of Trinidad Prime Minister
Death of Eric Williams (79), Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, in Port of Spain. Dr. Williams was also a historian and the author of the classic work, Capitalism and Slavery.
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Mar
29
1981
Texas constitutional convention
Texas constitutional convention (nine Blacks, eighty-one whites) met in Austin.
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Jun
1
1868
The Harlem Renaissance in the American West
In the following article historians Bruce Glasrud and Cary Wintz discuss their new book, The Harlem Renaissance in the American West which argues that the literary and artistic outpouring by African Americans during the third decade of the 20th Century was a national phenomenon which included the
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Alexandre Dumas dies
The French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas died.
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Nov
27
1895
Bessie Coleman receives pilot's license
Bessie Coleman attended the ...Ecole dAviation des
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Jun
15
1921
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected St
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa.
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May
10
1994
Norbert Rillieux, Inventor and Egyptologist, born
Norbert Rillieux, chemical engineer, inventor and Egyptologist, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of an inventor and engineer, Rillieux was educated in Paris schools and, at 24, became an instructor at LEcole Centrale and published papers on steam economy. Rillieux is best known for
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Mar
17
1806
Mary Ann Shadd, publisher of Canada's first antislavery newspaper, The Provincia
Mary Ann Shadd, publisher of Canadas first antislavery newspaper, The Provincial Freeman and the first woman in North American to publish and edit a newspaper, born
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Oct
9
1823
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1634 - French Catholics provided education for all laborers, regardless of race in Louisiana
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Jan
0
1634
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia sānt lo͞o´shə, –sēə [key], island nation (2005 est. pop. 166,000), 238 sq mi (616 sq km), West Indies, one of the Windward Islands. The capital is Castries . Morne Gimie (3,145 ft/959 m high) and the twin pyramidal cones known as the Pitons are the most imposing landmarks. The country
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Nelson Mandela, now president of South Africa, and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi he
Nelson Mandela, now president of South Africa, and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi held the first talks for almost 30 years between predominantly Zulu Inkatha and the ethnically mixed African National Congress.
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Jan
29
1991
Paul Robeson and Japanese Americans, 1942-1949
One hero and friend of Japanese Americans, both individuals and the community generally, was Paul Robeson. Robeson was (after Joe Louis) the most popular and visible African American of the 1930s and 1940s. He was a celebrated stage actor and movie star, an internationally famous folk
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John Boyega
John Boyega is the rising young actor who was cast as one of the heroes of the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. John Boyega was born to Nigerian parents in the Peckham neighborhood of London, which had a reputation as a rough urban area. However, Boyega became involved in youth theater and
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Ambassador to Norway
Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway, 1961
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Mar
0
1961
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods wins the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
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Jun
16
2002
Helene Gayle
Born: 8/16/1955 Buffalo, New YorkCEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global and social challenges. McKinsey Social Initiatives first program, Generation, addresses the problem of youth
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Death of Marcus Garvey
Death of Marcus Garvey (52), London, England.
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Jun
10
1941
Vote!
March of 1837, Canada give Blacks the right to vote.
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Mar
0
1837
Tiger Woods wins Third Masters Golf Tournament
Tiger Woods wins his third Masters Golf title and becomes only the second person ever to win two of the titles in a row.
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Apr
14
2002
First Black World Title
George Dixon, born July 29, 1870 in Africville, (Halifax), Nova Scotia; becomes the first Black to hold a WORLD title in boxing. George beat Nunc Wallace in the Pelican Club in England & recieved $4,250.00 - he was the only Black in the Club!
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Jul
29
1870
South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth
South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth after an absence of 33 years.
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Jun
1
1994
Slavery Purchased America's Freedom
Slavery Purchased Americas Freedom: While the white Americans profit from slave trade, they actually benefited from the slave system to fund the war against England. As one historian put it, Americans actually purchased their freedom with products grown by slaves and then traded to the French
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May
2
2002
Classical Conductor Dean Dixon born.
Classical Conductor Dean Dixon is born in 1915 in Harlem, NY. Fluent in Swedish, French and German, Dixon became one of Europes best known conductors after leaving the US in 1949. He conducted the Goteborg (Sweden) Symphony for 10 years before being named conductor for the Hessian Radio Symphony in
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Jan
10
1915
Jean Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy, distinguished French geographer, is born.
Jean Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy, distinguished French geographer, is born.
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Aug
23
1755
Stokely Carmichael
Born: 6/29/1941 Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoDied: 11/15/1998 Conakry, Guinealso known as Kwame Turé, was a Trinidadian-American revolutionary active in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and later, the global Pan-African movement. Growing up in the United States from the age of eleven, he
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Writer James Baldwin dies
Novelist James Baldwin dies in France.
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Dec
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1987
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